Turn away kids, we're about to discuss some adult content. Us anime fans and weebs constantly fight the social stigma of anime being broadly classified as hentai or tentacle porn by normies who just happen to always walk in on us when something questionable is on our screens. Now while I respect this fight and would throw down with anyone, at any time to defend the integrity, complexity and wholesomeness of anime; lets be honest for a sec. We all eventually come across at least one erotic, raunchy or sexually promiscuous anime that we secretly or 'ironically' enjoy. Sometimes I just want to turn my mind off and watch absolutely ridiculous and inappropriate content, for these moments there is the gem that is High School DxD (forgive me lord for I have sinned).
Bless the writer of High School DxD for actually coming up with a story line to demonstrate the actual plot here (if you know what I mean). But even he doesn't try too hard, as the story follows Issei Hyodo who is a pervy high schooler with the dream of becoming a Harem king (he basically wants to be Hugh Hefner). Poor Issei is killed on his very first date and is resurrected as a demon by Rias Gremory who is a demon aristocrat's daughter and is collecting people to join her household. He also becomes the next wielder of the famous Red Emperor Dragon who resides in his right arm and becomes his partner in combat. Issei pledges his loyalty to Rias because... well... because she puts the DxD in the title of the anime. As the story progresses many more are added to this new family and everyone has romantic interest in Issei, leading to several hilarious stand offs and spicy scenes. Surprisingly High School DxD has extremely well directed fight scenes and great visuals involving power-ups and transformations. You almost get involved in the intense fights until you remember that Issei powers up based on his erotic desires and not the usual hero driven motives.
This goes without saying, but the biggest fallback of the show is that you can't watch it with anyone nearby or even in earshot. You also begin to get bored of the same plot device being used time and again i.e damsel in distress who riles Issei up enough to get angry and take out the bad guy. But despite my description, High School DxD is not Hentai, it's doesn't cross that line and still focuses on comedy and story progression over the shady stuff. So give it a try!
My personal ratings are:
Story: 2/5
Character Development: 3/5
Dialogue: 2/5
Music: 2/5
Overall Recommendation: Boosted Gear Level 3!
High School DxD is on Netflix in most regions. You might have to use a VPN.
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